Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 821 Who wants to rebel?

Although Zhuge Liang did not understand the meaning of words such as changes in land ownership and economic components in Yuan Xi's words, he could more or less understand what Yuan Xi explained with his own understanding. With doubts and confusion, he He asked Yuan Xi repeatedly, hoping to find out the key points of the matter.

This particularly surprised Yuan Xi, because Zhuge Liang's understanding of unknown things far exceeded his previous expectations. Only a smart person like Zhuge Liang can think and question the extremely complicated and obscure things of later generations, and they are not necessarily correct. theory.

After all, the classification of economics in later generations is complicated, and there are many key questions for which there are still no definite answers. Yuan Xi is a half-hearted person. Once he relays it, the concepts may be distorted and deviated, not to mention that those theories have May not be applicable to this era.

What Yuan Xi needs is not students who accept everything as written without questioning, but people who can deeply understand unknown things and apply what they have learned in combination with reality. Zhuge Liang may be one of the few people in this era who can meet this requirement.

After all, if we travel further back in time, the production laws of the feudal era will also be restricted by productivity. Without a basis for industrialization, we can only make technological improvements, rather than carry out scientific and technological revolutions that violate objective laws.

It is unrealistic to build a chemical industry system from scratch, build highways across states and counties in a few months, and hybridize agricultural products in one or two years. The actual cost may be ten times or even a hundred times the time span.

However, by combining modern technology, improving farmland water conservancy tools, developing agricultural industry and commerce, and in a generally peaceful environment, it is still possible to raise the living standards of the people by one or two levels within a few years.

Of course, the premise of all this is that there are no major disasters or wars.

The war's destruction of life was devastating, and the fragile small-scale peasant economy was simply unable to cope with this fatal risk. What followed was a significant decrease in population. Now this is the dilemma faced by the people of Qingzhou.

Ever since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, there has been no peace in Qingzhou. Judging from its history spanning thousands of years, Qingzhou has never been a submissive place. Every time there is turmoil or change of dynasties, there must be a peasant uprising in Qingzhou. It has never been absent. However, it seems that Qingzhou is not very lucky, and every peasant uprising fails.

The rulers of the past dynasties were also extremely vigilant about Qingzhou and tried every means to tear Qingzhou into pieces, but even so, the rebellious complex of the Qingzhou people never disappeared.

Yuan Xi is actually quite troubled by this place. If he had other options, he would not want to attack Qingzhou so quickly. However, this place is extremely important for his future plans, so now he has no choice but to bite the bullet.

The general characteristic of the people in Qingzhou is that they are content with their small fortunes. As long as they can satisfy their wives and children, they will not cause trouble. Therefore, they are not really united. What really unites them is the establishment of ancestral halls where the big families control one side for generations to come. It just happens that Qingzhou It's just a Kong family.

But on the other hand, the requirement of having enough food is actually quite difficult to meet in troubled times, but this demand is so normal that the people of Qingzhou immediately started to oppose the government if they were slightly dissatisfied.

It can be summed up in one sentence: If you provide them with good food and drink, they will be grateful for your kindness and work hard for you. But if they feel that you are unfair and make it difficult for them to live, then I'm sorry, grandpa will rebel and I will pay you for it. One knife.

What the people of Qingzhou pursue is the most primitive fairness. If you eat and live with them, they will be your most powerful help. Qingzhou soldiers are also among the most powerful in the world. If you mess with them, they will really do it. Angry.

Yuan Xi had no choice but to cater to the people with this kind of character. He asked the soldiers to allocate their time to build fortifications and help the people dig cellars and preserve food and property. This was a gesture to win people's hearts.

Of course, satisfying the people does not mean satisfying everything and satisfying everyone. This cannot be achieved at any time.

For example, after Yuan Xijun distributed land to some landless people, a very small number of people were still not satisfied and suggested that if they could get another wife, they would cooperate.

Yuan Xi naturally responded to this request with a smile, and put him on a ship bound for Liaodong to reclaim wasteland, and went to labor education.

At present, it seems that Beihai County, the first stop in Qingzhou, is at least making pretty good progress on the surface, but its quality can only be tested by the next test of real gold and fire.

War, and only war, can best inspire people's feelings of protecting their homeland. When the time comes, it will be clear whether the people of Qingzhou will regard Yuan Tan or Yuan Xi as the enemy.

Of course, this also comes at a cost, which is to drag the entire Qingzhou people into the flames of war. However, Yuan Xi has no other choice, because this is the least damaging way he can think of, otherwise as the war expands, Yuan Tan Sooner or later, they will recruit strong men and throw the entire Qingzhou people onto the battlefield.

At that time, Yuan Xijun will be forced to face them. It is unknown how many people will die in order to defeat Yuan Tan.

As the soldiers finished digging in the morning, Zhuge Liang ate with Yuan Xi and the soldiers, and then returned to the counselors' tent. Inside, Guo Jiazheng was watching the military situation while putting food on the table.

Seeing that it was already past meal time, Zhuge Liang advised: "Sir, eat as much as possible, otherwise it will be bad for your health."

Guo Jia laughed and said, "I want you, a young boy, to teach me how to maintain good health. Don't you stay up more late than me?"

"What do you think about what my lord has seen and heard these days? He seems to like to tell you his truths that I can't even understand?"

Zhuge Liang thought for a while and simply repeated Yuan Xi's words. Guo Jia listened and sighed: "Maybe I am old and can't keep up with the ideas of young people like you."

Zhuge Liang laughed and said, "How could it be possible? Sir, all of your hard work is on military affairs, but you just don't want to do it."

Guo Jia smiled and scolded: "No need to flatter me, I know my own worth."

"But speaking of this battle in Qingzhou, it is a dojo inside a snail shell, with hands and feet tied up. According to the Lord's idea, not only must we win the battle, but we must also kill as few people as possible. This is very difficult to handle."

"The number of tricks required is many times more than before. I feel like my hair has turned gray these days."

Zhuge Liang said in a deep voice: "My lord once said that the world belongs to man, and there is no point in conquering it without man's land."

Guo Jiaqi said: "So my lord has the kindness of a woman. After all people die, there will be no more life. That is to say, he squandered such a profound foundation. If it were me, my territory might have doubled. "

"Of course, hundreds of thousands more people may die." Zhuge Liang was silent for a moment, "If that were the case, I might not defect to the lord."

Guo Jia was startled, then laughed dumbly, "Yes, your bad temper is much worse than mine before. This is how I left Yuan Benchu."

He then showed a slightly disappointed look on his face, "But you are better than me, and you and my lord obviously get along better."

Zhuge Liang didn't know what to say, so he could only comfort him: "My lord also respects sir very much."

"Of course I know," Guo Jia rolled his eyes, "But I was also deceived by him."

"When he kidnapped me to Yecheng by any means necessary, I thought he and I were the same kind of people."

"I didn't expect that Yuan Benchu ​​could teach such a son. I'm afraid that my lord will definitely surpass Yuan Benchu ​​in his achievements in the future."

He coughed a few times, and the wine in his mouth fell on the lapel of his clothes, scattering into dots, "But I'm afraid I can't see it, so you can watch it for me."

"Before that, if you have anything to ask, feel free to come to me."

After Zhuge Liang heard this, he bowed deeply and said, "Thank you, Master."

This was the first time Zhuge Liang called Guo Jia this way. Guo Jia was startled when he heard it, and then a smile appeared on his face.

It is good for a gentleman to be harmonious but different.

Donghai County, Haixi.

When Mi Zhen went up to the small building, she saw Mrs. Du holding her baby in her arms, looking at the ships coming in and out of the pier in the distance, and said, "It's windy at high places. Be careful that the child gets cold."

Mrs. Du quickly turned around and saluted, and said, "Thank you for your concern, madam, but the weather has been quite good recently, so it should be fine."

"On the other hand, I became quite worried when I thought about how he ate, lived and slept in the open with the soldiers."

"The soldiers coming and going in Haixi City rested. I also watched the concubine and the girl on the high building. They just spread out straw and fell asleep. Marching and fighting is much more painful."

Mi Zhen was also silent. She bit her lip and said, "Young master, he is really too desperate."

"In the past few years, I heard that he was away fighting for at least ten months. I have never seen someone who worked so hard."

Mrs. Du sighed: "Perhaps this is something that no one in the world can avoid?"

Mi Zhen shook her head and said, "When my adoptive father led Xuzhou, he had never seen such hard work."

"But the young master doesn't seem like the kind of person who is obsessed with power, so I feel like he has a higher goal."

Mrs. Du thought for a while, covered her mouth and said with a smile: "The envoy also mentioned the girl in the letter to my concubine."

Mi Zhen's pretty face blushed slightly, "Why did he and his wife mention me?"

Mrs. Du smiled and said, "He talked about planting cotton seeds in Youzhou."

"Although there are only a few words, his gratitude to the girl is beyond words, saying that this is something that will benefit all people, and sooner or later the girl will leave her name in history."

"I'm afraid that just this one thing will make the young lady fall in love with the young master, right?"

Mi Zhen's face turned even redder. She didn't expect that Yuan Xi would be so concerned about her unintentional interference. Maybe, as Mrs. Du said, this was the opportunity for her and him to get together?

Although the time Mi Zhen and Yuan Xi got together was very short, only a few days in total, the two seemed to have a tacit understanding. In addition, Yuan Xi never stopped writing letters, and Mi Zhen seemed to have known Yuan Xi for several years or even ten years. Same for several years.

But the more this happens, the more Mi Zhen misses Yuan Xi. She knows that even if she marries Yuan Xi, she may not see each other for many days, or even less. Just look at the female relatives in Jicheng and you will know.

But in Mi Zhen's heart, she made a decision that no matter how long, she would continue to wait.

Days passed, and Yuan Tan finally led the army into Beihai.

On the first night after entering Beihai, he received a blow in the head.

(End of this chapter)